Double bronze for Team NI in judo

Northern Ireland have secured two bronze medals in judo at the Commonwealth Games.Joshua Green defeated Ben Moore of Wales in their bronze medal contest in the 73kg lightweight category, winning by golden score.Joshua Green of Northern Ireland celebrates winning his Men's Judo -73 kg contest for bronze medal against Ben Moore of Wales at the SEC Centre during day nine of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire. (Jane Barlow/Jane Barlow/PA Wire) Rachel Hawkes came through a gruelling contest against Charlie Thibault of Canada in the women’s 70kg category. Hawkes secured victory by Ippon. Four years in Birmingham, Hawkes lost the bronze medal match to England’s Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown and confessed she almost didn’t make it to Glasgow, but the women from Omagh wa